Our Little Family

Our Little Family

Friday, August 23, 2013

The Beginning of Another Year!

Home schooling is in full swing around here.  We do home school year around, but we have officially started the 2013-2013 year!  This year Clark and Joel will be in "school" which we have called Adventure Academy for Boys.  I guess I'll have to drop the "for Boys" now that Karissa is here.

It's going really great considering we just had a baby.  Clark has really turned a corner with school.  He is very motivated and catches on quick.  Joel is doing great with his pre-reading skills.  Levi is learning to play independently.  Karissa is usually nearby in her bouncy seat, or I'm carrying her in her sling.



 BRING ON FIRST GRADE!!!
Super Clark is ready to tackle reading, math, science, and whatever else comes his way!
His super powers included knowing all of his math addition facts, reading, spelling, and writing nonfiction texts or fiction stories.
 


 Powerful Joel is attacking a prek 4/Kindergarten curriculum this year. 
 He is ready to learn and ready to keep up with his older brother!
His super powers included putting all 26 letters in ABC order, knowing all of his letter sounds, and counting to 100 (with help).

Amazing Levi is learning colors, letters, numbers, and how to create havoc while his brothers work.
His super powers are "reading" books for hours and counting to 20 sometimes, and calling every color RED!


This is our super cool light saber that we found at a garage sale last week.  
I slowed down my camera and took some cool moving shots.  The boys love the cool effect!
 It has nothing to do with school.  :-)

Thursday, August 22, 2013

My 1 Month Old Angel


My little angel is as sweet as pie!  And she is now one month old.

I am so thankful for this little darling.  
 The past four weeks have been stressful, but her little smiles and coos have been our little sunshine during all the stormy days.

Oh, she weighs 10 pounds, 10 ounces which is in the 80% and a gain of almost three pounds!
And she's grown an inch!!!

And thank you, Murphys, for the super adorable dress.